Course in Product Lifecycle Management

Product Lifecycle Management or PLM is a term used for the process of managing the entire lifecycle of a product from its conception, through design and manufacture to service and disposal.
PLM is a set of capabilities that enable an enterprise to effectively and efficiently innovate and manage its products and related services throughout the entire business lifecycle. It is one of the four cornerstones of a corporation's IT digital structure. All companies need to manage communications and information with its customers (CRM-Customer Relationship Management) and its suppliers (SCM-Supply Chain Management) and the resources within the enterprise (ERP-Enterprise resource planning).

Course Contents of PLM Fundamentals.
PLM Background
- Evolution of PLM
- PLM fit with CRM, ERP, and SCM
- Scope of PLM

PLM Overview
- Organization Functions
- PLM Functional Components
- PLM Tools
- PLM Benefits
- PLM Industry Specific Solution

CAD Management
- Basics
- Conventions
- Design Standards
- Visualizations
- CAD Workshop

Document Management
- Concepts
- Need for Document Management
- Features of Document Management
- Document Management Workshop

Product Data Management
- Background
- Need for PDM
- PDM Concepts
- BOM Management
- PDM Workshop

Change Management
- Basics
- Enterprise Change Management
- Change Management Workshop

Project Management
- Elements of Project Management
- Tracking Projects
- PM Workshop

Quality Compliances
- ISO, CMMI, APQP, TS16949, FDA
- QA Workshop

Process
- Process Management
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Workshop

Integrations
- Office Integration
- CAD, ERP
- Workshop

Implementation

PLM Trends & Opportunities